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Republicans are projected to keep control of the House of Representatives, handing the party total control of Washington with former President Trump back in the White House in January.

Decision Desk HQ projected the GOP would hold the House by winning its 218th seat on Monday, the number needed for a majority in the lower chamber.

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[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 123 points 2 weeks ago

But consider the outcome if democrats hadn't committed genocide. The republicans might have taken all three branches of government.

But consider the outcome if democrats had passed any particular policy. The republicans might have taken all three branches of government.

But consider the outcome if democrats had shot everyone involved with January 6th. The republicans might have taken all three branches of government.

But consider the outcome if democrats hadn't started World War 3. The republicans might have taken all three branches of government.

smuglord

[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 37 points 2 weeks ago

The trolley problem and its consequences have been a disaster for mankind.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 89 points 2 weeks ago

I didn't expect Copmala to get btfo this badly lol

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 81 points 2 weeks ago

Her electoral performance is the worst since Dukakis lmfao

And just like him, history books will teach that she lost for being too “left” or “liberal” with the latter being true but not in the way they mean it

[-] 2Password2Remember@hexbear.net 66 points 2 weeks ago

its fine im sure the parliamentarian will prevent them from doing anything nefarious

Death to America

[-] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 36 points 2 weeks ago

I have no idea what the "parliamentarian" is, so every time I read a post about it I'm imagining some anonymous figure with a Mandalorian helmet sitting in congress looking serious.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 32 points 2 weeks ago

nobody else did either, until they trotted her out to put the kibosh on... I think it was student debt relief?

[-] makotech222@hexbear.net 33 points 2 weeks ago

i think it was minimum wage increase

[-] Thorngraff_Ironbeard@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago

It's some rules lawyer shit the democrats used to block progressive legislation. They can literally fire the parliamentarian as many previous majority holders have

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

I think it's some rules lawyer expert like people are saying. IIRC they brought it out because they were making a Reconciliation Budget Bill, which they do like only once or twice a year, and the rules are that bill has a lower threshold to pass (since everything is filibustered now you need 60% to basically do anything else) but it has to be budget related stuff. When there was a question on whether some progressive legislation counted, the parliamentarian came out to read the ancient scrolls and divine from the stars that it didn't count and couldn't be put in the bill.

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 54 points 2 weeks ago

Good job Dems, I hope you're happy

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 53 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

welp, it was nice knowin y'all, here's hoping the rest of the world can put down the rabid corpse of the dead fascist empire that is our country after they purge us all, and build a better world once america is dead and buried

(unless they somehow manage to fuck this up and accomplish nothing by catching biden and the dems' brain disease, not exactly unlikely considering that this would be a more stable path for capital than letting the chuds go hog wild)

[-] fox@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago

The GOP is just as much a big tent as the Dems but there's a bigger fraction of rabid hogs that can't cooperate on anything but blocking actions, so we'll see

[-] HelluvaBottomCarter@hexbear.net 53 points 2 weeks ago

If you're still in line, stay in line. They have to let you vote.

[-] SovietyWoomy@hexbear.net 52 points 2 weeks ago

President Xi, please come to the US and give us freedom and democracy

[-] godlessworm@hexbear.net 48 points 2 weeks ago

so how fucked are we now that the most evil people control all branches of government? do dems hold close enough of an amount of seats to oppose anything they wanna do at all?

[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 49 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The dems can filibuster anything except the budget reconciliation bill. The republicans can remove the filibuster with a simple majority vote.

The republicans can put anything at all in the budget reconciliation, but the Senate parliamentarian can say no. The Senate majority leader can fire and appoint the Senate Parliamentarian at will.

The Senate Parliamentarian also determines whether more than 1 budget reconciliation bill is allowed per year.

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 70 points 2 weeks ago

Fucking democrat coward pieces of shit, could have obliterated those obstacles at any time for 8+ years of my life so far and done anything instead they just cry and cheer genocide

[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 73 points 2 weeks ago

The worst part is, last time republicans held both houses and the presidency, under bush, they removed the filibuster and replaced the Parliamentarian when he wouldn't do what the republicans wanted.

Then as soon as Obama got into power and democrats controlled everything, they put all those handicaps back on, gave the republicans half the discretionary budget (despite not needing any republican votes), and brought back Pay-go.

It was explained at the time by west-wing brained liberals that the republicans would reciprocate and that this was somehow better than just passing the laws your constituents want without them. And if they didn't, the republicans would be punished by voters for being so unreasonable. Instead of dem voters staying home in 2010 because they just saw their own representatives doing what the republicans wanted instead of what they elected them to do.

And then we saw the same shit play out again between the 2020 and 2022 elections.

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 53 points 2 weeks ago

Liberals are fucking goldfish brained and it drives me up the fucking wall

[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 45 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The westwing nonsense about compromise and ineffectiveness being virtuous and the idea that "everyone votes for who they're closest to ideologically, so the best strategy is to tack closer to your opponent" just won't die, despite being proven wrong every single time for 30+ years.

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 32 points 2 weeks ago

it won't die because they won't let it, it is the precious bodily fluids that keep the system chugging away, making sure one of the wings of the one party always wins

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago

Republicans are the abuser, Democrats are the enabler.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 44 points 2 weeks ago

damn if only the campaign had held one more Beyoncé concert

[-] crispy_lol@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago

If only more people would have walked tuah a poll booth and vote on that thang 😭

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 43 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Washburn@hexbear.net 42 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck the Democratic Party. That is all I really have to say.

[-] SwitchyWitchyandBitchy@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago

I'm scared. I didn't expect Dems to fumble quite this badly.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 21 points 2 weeks ago

they wanted this more than they wanted to stop the genocide

[-] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 2 weeks ago

Good thing we got that parlementarian

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And the filibuster! The dems kept precious norms!

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I really hope President Trump says "Why do we have a parliamentarian? We don't have a parliament. No parliamentarian. They're fired. And no filibuster. It's gone. 50 votes is good. 60 votes is stupid..."

No brakes on the Trump Train

[-] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago

A parliamentarian is appointed by the majority and their opinions are advisory. So if you want to kill the $15 minimum wage increase, first you have to appoint a parliamentarian who disagrees with the $15 minimum wage and then you have to pretend like they are an expert (and not just a political appointment) and that their opinion is somehow binding. So much circular bullshit "clever politics", just to lose to Trump ANYWAY.

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 35 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[-] adultswim_antifa@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder how many democrat politicians vote republican.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 33 points 2 weeks ago

Bluesky libs are so shell-shocked that there are hardly any threads on the GOP winning the House. And the threads that exist don't have many likes. Most of the comments aren't worth mentioning but I did like these two.

Can’t blame Dems when you’ve got a trifecta.

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Honestly, good. Let them pass their destructive agenda. Buyer’s remorse will kick in in a few months.

[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago

It will ruin many others before it ruins them.

[-] Thallo@hexbear.net 33 points 2 weeks ago

You are now entering the Cool Zone big-cool

[-] Speaker@hexbear.net 28 points 2 weeks ago

Perfect person to post this, too.

[-] FunkYankkkees@hexbear.net 28 points 2 weeks ago
[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 25 points 2 weeks ago
[-] stigsbandit34z@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago

Damn I wish I could care

[-] MouthyHooker@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago

When will Xi Jinping liberate us from our oppressors?!

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago
[-] plinky@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago

Will they do shenanigans with leadership?

[-] MaxOS@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Beetle_O_Rourke@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

Generational L

[-] CaliforniaSpectre@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

Didn't the Republicans get a trifects in 2016 though? I seem to be Mandela effected or something, because I'm pretty sure they did, then dems won 2018 and got their owm "trifecta" im 2020 (unless you're counting SCOTUS). It's still really bad but it seems like it's being talked about as a totally new circumstance.

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